Posts From Mario Tomás Serrafero

Mario developed his love for technology in Argentina, where a flagship smartphone costs a few months of salary. Forced to maximize whatever device he could get, he came to know and love XDA. His passion for Android turns into obsession the moment he finds a new wakelock or sees a stutter. Whenever this happens, he feels compelled to fix the issues learning something new in the process.

Earlier this year, I came to the realization that the OnePlus 5 was looking to be my most anticipated release of 2017. Despite having owned and reviewed the predecessors of this years’ U11, Galaxy Note 8, Pixel XL 2 and other flagships, it was the successor to the OnePlus 3 & 3T - my daily...

With the sudden yet incomplete and unofficial return of Xposed via abforce’s ART submodule, developers and enthusiasts alike began exploring the possibilities that the popular modding framework can bring in 2017. While we are still waiting for rovo89’s full Xposed release (and all the benefits that entails), the recent solution sparked life into the Xposed...

News and informative content have greatly benefited from the internet's multimedia revolution, as articles, listicles and infotainment are increasingly arriving to our screens in video form in order to be distributed in Social Media and instant messaging platforms. There is no shortage of ways to arrive to such content, but it seems Google is planning...

If you frequent our forums, it's not very likely that you are too fond of the AOSP recovery. Indeed, we are often too quick to jump on our TWRP custom recovery in order to get our custom ROMs, kernels and mods up and running on our new device. However, it's still a very useful tool for...

The Pixel and Pixel XL were highly anticipated devices, but ultimately they were primarily a first-generation, introductory release for Google, and though they weren’t wholly-spectacular, we regarded them a “foundational release“. What was and remains really exciting, however, is what can be built upon said foundations.
Not too long ago we reported on the hardware specifications...

Meizu's Flyme OS is the company's take on Android and it's featured on their own devices, but not unlike ROMs from other Chinese manufacturers, you can actually experience their user interface and functionality on other, non-Meizu devices.
The HTC One M8 joins the roster of phones with Flyme ROMs, as Flyme6 has officially arrived for single...

We love custom ROMs at XDA, and sometimes a device just has too many great options to choose from, prompting us to make backups just to venture outside our comfortable setup. We also often wish we could try new ROMs not to migrate to a new experience, but just to take a peek and get...

Yesterday we published a news article about DxOMark's imminent publishing of their OnePlus 5 camera review. In that article, we stated we'd be reconsidering DxOMark's place in our news feed based on this score due to our own experience with the device's camera:
If we found the score unreasonable given their partnership with OnePlus, we wouldn't...

LG’s V line of flagship smartphones is arguably one of the company’s most innovative creations, with phones that are unafraid to stick to removable batteries, durable construction, or play around with other hardware concepts.
One such feature that is arguably the defining feature of the LG V line is the inclusion of a secondary display -...

The Pixel and Pixel XL were highly anticipated devices, but ultimately they were primarily a first-generation, introductory release for Google, and though they weren’t wholly-spectacular, we regarded them a “foundational release“. What was and remains really exciting, however, is what can be built upon said foundations.
Not long ago, we saw buzz surrounding references to upcoming...

The OnePlus 5 has big shoes to fill; being the successor to the remarkably popular OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T, it needs to be better than its predecessors to gather the attention of OnePlus’ niche fan base, while also patching up compromises and broadening the phone’s appeal to capture new customers.
It’s near impossible to not...

Earlier this year, we published a report that denounced OnePlus (and other companies) for their improper behavior in regards to benchmark manipulation on newer builds of OxygenOS. Today, we sadly must follow-up on our accusations as the company has once more been inappropriately manipulating benchmark scores in the OnePlus 5.
While no customers have a device in...

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